🌱 Gainesville Glows - Lanterns and Lights and 10 more events

Hi Oakwood! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Gainesville Glows - Lanterns and Lights at Atlanta Botanical Garden, GAINESVILLE
• FRIDAY NIGHT DRIFT at Caffeine and Octane's Lanier Raceway
• Live Music — Cork It Gainesville at Cork It Gainesville

... and check out 5 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: I used to work in a doughnut shop. 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Warmer with clouds and sun, with a high of 73 and low of 54 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, nice and warm, temps: high: 69, low: 53.
• Friday: Mostly cloudy and warm, with a high of 67 and low of 55 degrees.

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📸 Around Oakwood

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oakwood

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 24

• Christmas Eve at Free Chapel
  3001 McEver Rd, Gainesville
  9:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday December 25

• Gainesville Glows - Lanterns and Lights
  Atlanta Botanical Garden, GAINESVILLE , 1911 Sweetbay Dr , Gainesville
  5:00 pm

Friday December 26

• FRIDAY NIGHT DRIFT
  Caffeine and Octane's Lanier Raceway , 5301 Winder Hwy , Braselton
  6:00 pm
• Live Music — Cork It Gainesville
  Cork It Gainesville , 118 Main St SW , Gainesville
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 27

• Elachee Nature Science Center/ Chicopee Lake/Bridge Trails 6 miles
  Elachee Nature Science Center , 2125 Elachee Drive , Gainesville
  10:00 am
• Gainesville Glows - Lanterns and Lights
  Atlanta Botanical Garden, GAINESVILLE , 1911 Sweetbay Dr , Gainesville
  5:00 pm
• The Hall At Bourbon Brothers
  The Hall at Bourbon Brothers , 312 Jesse Jewell Pkwy , Gainesville
  6:00 pm

Sunday December 28

• Gainesville Glows - Lanterns and Lights
  Atlanta Botanical Garden, GAINESVILLE , 1911 Sweetbay Dr , Gainesville
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 24

• Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
  The Venue at Friendship Springs, LLC , 7340 Friendship Springs Blvd , Flowery Branch
  5:00 pm
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Casual Play Night
  Meeple Madness | Tabletop Games and Hobbies , 7400 Spout Springs Rd #205 , Flowery Branch
  6:30 pm

Thursday December 25

• Disney Lorcana League Night (Infinity)
  Meeple Madness | Tabletop Games and Hobbies , 7400 Spout Springs Rd #205 , Flowery Branch
  7:00 pm

Friday December 26

• Standard Showdown - Magic: The Gathering® | Avatar: The Last Airbender™
  Meeple Madness | Tabletop Games and Hobbies , 7400 Spout Springs Rd #205 , Flowery Branch
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Does anyone know an organization I can donate this walker to?
  I called Vietnam Veterans of America because I know they do home pick up, but they said they don’t take medical equipment (Nextdoor Copper Springs)

• Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Team Member in Oakwood. Apply here.
• King's Hawaiian Bakery posted a job opening for Production Foreman Alpha - Line 2C - 7:00pm - 7:30am in Oakwood. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oakwood here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Flowery Branch

• Woman injured after Sunday head-on crash near Flowery Branch (accesswdun.com)
• Residential fire in Hall County Sunday night displaces five people. (accesswdun.com)
• Feud escalates to gunfire outside Hall County convenience store (wsbtv.com)

Gainesville

• This Georgia lake is reportedly one of the most dangerous in the nation (savannahnow.com)

Cumming

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I got tired of the hole business.
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